Since the last book I read by this author was so good, I decided to try another. This one my wife picked up at the library, entitled “Odd Thomas.” Odd Thomas is the name of the main character. He’s a young guy who works as a short order cook in a diner, in a small town in USA. He has a girlfriend, an apartment, and some buddies around town. He has no car, but rides a bicycle when he needs to. He’s pretty much an unremarkable, regular guy. What makes him remarkable is that he can see “dead people.” By that I mean the “spirits” of people who have died, and are still “hanging around” and not moving on to their final “place.” One of the dead people who happens to be hanging around this small town is Elvis.

Anyway, Odd seems to have a knack for solving murder mysteries because of his gift. He has somewhat of a reputation with the local police chief as a “helper.” Another buddy who lives in town is a published author, who wants Odd to get a gun. But, Odd says, “guns bother me.”

An interesting read so far…